16 oz chickpeas -- canned rinse
1 drain
1 tbsp virgin olive oil
2 large tomatoes -- chopped
1 cup cucumber -- chopped
2 tbsp onion -- minced
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp chopped parsley -- or
1 fresh mint
1 cup arugula -- or shredded
1 lettuce
1/8 tsp cumin
4 6 inch pita bread rounds halved
1 tarator sauce:
3 tbsp tahini
1/4 cup plain nonfat yogurt
1/2 tsp pressed garlic -- soaked in
1/2 tsp fresh lemon juice
A Recipe for
Prevention's Chickpeas In Pita
The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for 30 years she served nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. |
| Calvin Trillin |
This recipe is certainly silly. It says to separate two eggs, but it doesn't say how far to separate them. |
| Gracie Allen |
No, I don't take soup. You can't build a meal on a lake. |
| Elsie de Wolfe (Lady Mendl) |
This Recipe for Prevention's Chickpeas In Pita is one of thousands in the Recipes-to-go Bread Cookbook.
I would like to find a stew that will give me heartburn immediately, instead of at three o'clock in the morning. |
| John Barrymore |
If you enjoy this Prevention's Chickpeas In Pita Recipe - you should enjoy the recipe collections you can find on the websites below:
The whole of nature, as has been said, is a conjugation of the verb to eat, in the active and in the passive. |
| William Ralph Inge |
It is not necessary to advertise food to hungry people, fuel to cold people, or houses to the homeless. |
| J. K. Galbraith |
This is a recipe for Prevention's Chickpeas In Pita from the recipe cookbook of Recipes-to-go (Bread)
I'm like old wine. They don't bring me out very often, but I'm well preserved. |
| Rose Kennedy, (1890-1995) family matriarch, on her 100th birthday, 1991 |
It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician. |
| Meryl Streep |
I don't even butter my bread; I consider that cooking. |
| Katherine Cebrian |
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. |
| Aesop |
Sex is good, but not as good as fresh, sweet corn. |
| Garrison Keillor |
Food Tip |
PREPARATION
1. Preheat oven to 500F. 2. Roll chickpeas in 1 tbsp. olive
oil until coated. Spread on baking sheet and bake for 12 to 15 min.
or until chickpeas begin to brown. 3. In a medium bowl, mix together
tomatoes, cucumbers, onion, lemon juice, parsley, arugula and cumin.
If desired, add chopped olives, sliced radishes or cilantro. 4. To
make tarator sauce: in a small bowl, whisk together tahini, yogurt
and lemon-soaked garlic.Set aside. 5. Pack pita pockets with 1/4 c.
chickpeas, 1/2 c. tomato mixture and a drizzle of sauce. If desired,
garnish with sprinkles of paprika and chopped parsley.
PANTRY: TAHINI - Thick paste made from crushed sesame seeds. Also
used in Hummus (a creamy paste made from mashed chickpeas flavored
with garlic, lemon juice, olive oil and tahini. Usually scooped up
with torn bits of bita or raw vegetables, eaten as an appetizer.
TARATOR SAUCE - is usually served with falafel but can be used to
garnish other dishes made with chickpeas. FALAFEL - Chickepea
fritter. Cooked chickpeas, mashed, spiced and shaped into balls or
patties; usually deep fried. -----[ mcRecipe/patH.24Au96]
~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
NOTES : "Middle Eastern food is about vegetables. Eggplant and
tomatoes, chickpeas and lentils and about bulgur, garlic, yogurt,
parsley, olive oil, sesame seeds. All superfoods, every one!"
(original recipe's claim, "serves 4 at 281 cals; 7.8 g fat" corrected
here) Recipe By : "Middle Eastern Light" September 1996
From:
Serves: 8
Prevention's Chickpeas In Pita Recipe brought to you by Recipes To-Go